Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — BY THE PHILOSOPHERS [ARTICLE]

BY THE PHILOSOPHERS

Arbitration is always satisfactory—* to the arbitrator. * ifi - The “palmy” days of childhood recall many a spanking. The bore would always get a good send-off, if he would only go. The fellow who is always on the fence does the most crowing. Don’t insinuate that the girl who wears a blazer got it at a fire sale. No young man should sit in a ham- ; mock with a girl unless he knows the ropes. It is folly to suppose that all things 5 come to those who wait for something ; to turn up. Next to getting the man she wants, a girl enjoys getting the man some other girl wants. That the course of love doesn’t run smooth is demonstrated by the fact that it’s a rocky road to Reno. Strangely enough it’s when a-fellow can see his finish that he tuge the most difficulty in keeping his end up. ; It is small consolation to the ball player to realize that the members of the militia are also called out on strikes. • - m The race is not always to the swift, but it is just as well to bear in mind that the tortoise never repeated that 5 1 •little performance with the hare.